Lost/Character Connections

There are a number of bizarre coincidences involving the connections between the charaters back stories on Lost. They have either mysteriously met each other before or had dealings with the same people or places in their pasts. This is a listing of all the strange connections between the characters. Note: This list does not include meetings in the airport while waiting for the plane or obvious family connections since those are expected and not strange.

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Season 1

Sawyer met Christian Shephard, Jack's father, in a bar in Australia. Sawyer may have bought him the bottle of alcohol that contributed to his heart attack and death. Christian gave Sawyer advice that led him to murder an innocent man. (1x16 - Outlaws)

Season 2

Sarah, Jack's future wife, was driving the vehicle that hit the SUV of Adam Rutherford, Shannon's father. In the ER, Jack could only save one patient and chose to work on Sarah. Later he passed Shannon in the hospital as she and her step-mother learn of her father's death. (2x01 - Man of Science, Man of Faith | 2x06 - Abandoned)

Eko investigated the "resurrection" of the daughter of the pyschic who put Claire on the plane. (2x21 - ?)

Libby met Desmond in a coffee shop and gave him her late husband's sailboat to use in a race. The boat is named "Elizabeth" after her. This is the same boat Desmond crashed on the island. (2x23 - Live Together, Die Alone)

Season 3

Claire revealed to be Jack's half-sister by way of Christian Shepard (3x12 - Par Avion)

Cassidy, the mother of Sawyer's daughter, helped Kate talk to her mother without getting caught by the Marshall using skills Sawyer taught her. (3x15 - Left Behind)

Anthony Cooper, Locke's father, was the con man that conned Sawyer's (James Ford) parents. This con was directly responsible for their deaths and Sawyer adopted the name Cooper used during the con. (3x19 - The Brig)

Charlie saves Nadia, Sayid's lost love, from a man attacking her in an alley. She calls him a hero which he described as one of the best moments of his life. (3x21 - Greatest Hits)